Geometry Problem
Level: Mathematics Education, High School, Honors Geometry, College.
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Thursday, June 28, 2012
Problem 774: Triangle, Two Altitudes, Circumcircle, Tangent at a Vertex, Parallel
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Note that angle FBD = angle BAC
ReplyDeleteSince A,E,D,C are concyclic, we have angle BAC = angle EAC = angle BDE
Hence angle FBD = angle BDE
So BF is parrallel to DE
q.e.d.
Let be P the intersection of rays AD and BF. Note two thing:
ReplyDelete(1) <BDP=90°
(2) <CAB=<CBP.
Now, in triangle AEC and BPD we have <CAE + <ECA = 90° = <CBP+<BPD. Then <ECA=<BPD. As AEDC is cyclic, <EDA=<ECA=<BPD.
Therefore BF is parallel to BP.
Greetings go-solvers.
Note that, if we call P and Q to the intersections of the rays AD and CE with the line BF, the quadrilateral AQPB, is cyclic. Nice... ^^
DeleteBF(or any line parallel to BF like ED)is said to be antiparallel to AC.
ReplyDeleteThe locus of the midpoints of all anti parallel segments (eah parallel to BF)is a straight line. Suppose this straight line meets AC at Y. We call BY a symmedian. The three symmedians of the triangle ABC concur at the 'Symmedian point'.
Eder Contreras Ordenes (or anyone else), Could you please tell me why you are able to state <CAB=<CBP. in your step 2 above? also, is there any way to show that <EDA=<BPD without using that AEDC is cyclic? Thank you very much for any help!
ReplyDeleteYou're probably long gone but <CAB = <CBF = <DEB from the alternate segment theorem.
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